Rake



March 9, 1937.

F. F. JORDAN RAKE Filed Nov. 18, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet l ii Q Inventor F fircia/y 1 By @620; is 6 A ttorngy;

March 9, 1937.

F. F. JORDAN 7 5 RAKE Filed NOV. 18, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 9, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a rake and has for its prime object to provide means whereby a rake may be easily and conveniently cleaned.

Another important object of the invention resides in the provision of a rake of this nature which is comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable, easy to manipulate and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more 15 fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:-

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the rake embodying the features of my invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary rear elevation showing one end of the blade.

Figure 5 is a detail elevation of one of the springs.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the blade is formed from a single sheet of metal having an elongated tubular head 5 from one edge of which depends or radiates an elongated web 6 from which project a plurality of channel-shaped teeth I, the channels opening forwardly. A Y-shaped yoke comprises a sleeve 8 for receiving an ordinary handle and from one end of which diverges arms 9 having terminal portions In in parallelism and twisted and bent to provide sleeves ll circumjacent the head 5, each of said sleeves being left partly open to form a split indicated at H permitting said head to rock to a limited degree. The web is normally held against one end of the sleeves H by means of springs S. There are two springs associated with each sleeve. These springs are of practically the same construction and a detailed description of one will suffioe for all. Each spring comprises an elongated resilient wire bent intermediate its ends to form a convolute l2 and one end of the convolute merges into an elongated curved extension I l terminating in an offset finger IE to engage about the upper portion of one of the teeth. The other end of the convolute I2 merges into an extension 16 terminating in a hook-like end I! to engage under the portions H! of the arms 9. It Will be seen that these springs normally hold the blade in the position shown in Figure 3. This rake operates by pressing forwardly on the ground when the rake is to be cleaned, permitting friction to clean the rake of debris at which time the blade assumes the dotted line position shown in Figure 3. The springs operate merely to restore the blade to normal position and to keep the blade from shifting laterally.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed is:

In combination, a rake blade, a yoke, said blade having its upper edge rolled to form an integral cylindrical-like head, sleeves on the yoke and rookably embracing the head, said-sleeves being formed with splits, a web forming part of the blade and extending from the head through the splits, and abutting the edges of the split to limit its rocking movement and spring means associated with the head and the yoke for normally urging the web into abutment with the forward ends of the splits, said spring means being in the form of a pair of elongated members of resilient material and bent to provide an intermediate convolute from one end of each of which extends a curved extension about the head in friction gripping engagement and abutting the opposite edges of the sleeve and terminating in an offset terminal positioned behind one of the teeth of the rake blade, and the other end of the convolute extending in an opposite direction from the first-mentioned extension and terminating in an offset hook-like portion to engage with the yoke.

FRED. F. JORDAN. 

